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Widely regarded as the finest 1st Assistant Director in the World, and... moreAwards:
2 wins moreAlternate Names:
Dave TomblinFilmography
Jump to filmography as: Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Producer, Director, Writer, Thanks, Self
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
- Beyond the Horizon (2009) (first assistant director)
... aka Stephen Hawking's: Beyond the Horizon (USA: complete title) - Ever After (1998) (second unit director)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) (first assistant director)
- Hearst Castle: Building the Dream (1996) (first assistant director)
... aka The Enchanted Castle - Braveheart (1995) (first assistant director)
- The Three Musketeers (1993) (first assistant director)
- Chaplin (1992) (first assistant director)
... aka Charlot (Italy) - Havana (1990/I) (first assistant director)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (first assistant director: UK)
- Empire of the Sun (1987) (assistant director)
- Cry Freedom (1987) (first assistant director)
- Out of Africa (1985) (first assistant director)
- King David (1985) (assistant director) (second unit director)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (assistant director)
- Never Say Never Again (1983) (first assistant director)
... aka James Bond 007 - Sag niemals nie (West Germany) - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (first assistant director) (second unit director)
... aka Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (USA: video box title) - Gandhi (1982) (first assistant director)
... aka Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi (USA: complete title) - Ivanhoe (1982) (TV) (assistant director)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (first assistant director)
... aka Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (South Africa: English title: DVD box title) (USA: video title) - Superman II (1980) (second unit director)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (first assistant director)
... aka Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (USA: video box title)
... aka The Empire Strikes Back (USA: short title) - The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) (second unit director)
- Zulu Dawn (1979) (second unit director)
- Superman (1978) (assistant director) (second unit director)
... aka Superman: The Movie - A Bridge Too Far (1977) (first assistant director)
- The Omen (1976) (assistant director)
... aka Omen I (reissue title)
... aka Omen I: The Antichrist (reissue title)
... aka Omen I: The Birthmark (reissue title) - Barry Lyndon (1975) (assistant director)
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) (assistant director)
... aka Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (USA: promotional title) - Shaft in Africa (1973) (second unit director)
- A Warm December (1973) (first assistant director)
- "Danger Man" (assistant director) (10 episodes, 1964-1965) (second unit director) (6 episodes, 1966)
... aka Secret Agent (USA)
... aka Secret Agent aka Danger Man (USA: video box title)
- The Paper Chase (1966) TV episode (second unit director)
- The Man with the Foot (1966) TV episode (second unit director)
- I Am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number (1966) TV episode (second unit director)
- Two Birds with One Bullet (1966) TV episode (second unit director)
- The Hunting Party (1966) TV episode (second unit director)
(11 more) - The Liquidator (1965) (assistant director)
- The Alphabet Murders (1965) (assistant director)
... aka The ABC Murders - Murder Ahoy (1964) (assistant director)
- Murder Most Foul (1964) (assistant director)
... aka Agatha Christie's 'Murder Most Foul' (UK) - Night Must Fall (1964) (assistant director)
- The Haunting (1963/I) (assistant director)
- I Thank a Fool (1962) (assistant director) (as Dave Tomblin)
- Reach for Glory (1962) (assistant director)
- We Joined the Navy (1962) (assistant director)
... aka We Are in the Navy Now (USA: TV title) - "Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond" (assistant director) (13 episodes, 1961)
... aka Alcoa Presents (USA)
... aka One Step Beyond (USA: syndication title)
- Eyewitness (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
- Nightmare (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Tiger (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Villa (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Sorcerer (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
(8 more) - "Danger Man" (assistant director) (39 episodes, 1960-1961)
- Deadline (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Dead Man Walks (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
- Under the Lake (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
- Find and Destroy (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Coyannis Story (1961) TV episode (assistant director)
(34 more) - Taste of Fear (1961) (assistant director)
... aka Scream of Fear (USA)
... aka Scream of Fear! (Australia: poster title) - "Invisible Man" (assistant director) (21 episodes, 1959)
... aka H.G.Wells' Invisible Man (UK: complete title)
... aka Invisible Man: The Original Series (Australia)
- The Big Plot (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
- Shadow Bomb (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Rocket (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
- Man in Power (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
- Man in Disguise (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
(16 more) - "William Tell" (assistant director) (21 episodes, 1958-1959)
... aka The Adventures of William Tell
- The Mountain People (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Traitor (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Secret Weapon (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Lost Letter (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Black Brothers (1959) TV episode (assistant director)
(16 more) - "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan" (assistant director) (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
... aka Charlie Chan
- No Holiday for Muder (1958) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Invalid (1958) TV episode (assistant director)
- Backfire (1957) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Counterfeiters (1957) TV episode (assistant director) - "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans" (assistant director) (8 episodes, 1957)
... aka Hawkeye
... aka Last of the Mohicans (Canada: English title)
- The Contest (1957) TV episode (assistant director)
- False Faces (1957) TV episode (assistant director)
- The Promised Valley (1957) TV episode (assistant director)
- False Witness (1957) TV episode (assistant director)
- Scapegoat (1957) TV episode (assistant director)
(3 more) - "The Count of Monte Cristo" (assistant director) (1 episode, 1956)
- The Devil's Emissary (1956) TV episode (assistant director) - Police Dog (1955) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
- The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
... aka The Fighting Pimpernel (USA) - My Brother Jonathan (1948) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
- The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
Producer:
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) (line producer)
... aka Abenteuer des Baron von Münchhausen, Die (West Germany) - Return of the Ewok (1982) (V) (producer)
- "The Prisoner" (producer) (17 episodes, 1967-1968)
- Fall Out (1968) TV episode (producer)
- Once Upon a Time (1968) TV episode (producer)
- The Girl Who Was Death (1968) TV episode (producer)
- Living in Harmony (1968) TV episode (producer)
- Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling (1968) TV episode (producer)
(12 more)
Director:
- Return of the Ewok (1982) (V)
- "Space: 1999" (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
... aka Spazio: 1999 (Italy)
- The Testament of Arkadia (1976) TV episode
- The Infernal Machine (1976) TV episode
- Another Time, Another Place (1976) TV episode
- Force of Life (1975) TV episode - "The Protectors" (1 episode, 1974)
- Wheels (1974) TV episode - "UFO" (2 episodes, 1970-1971)
- Reflections in the Water (1971) TV episode
- The Cat with Ten Lives (1970) TV episode - Baleia! Baleia! (1971)
- "The Prisoner" (2 episodes, 1968)
- The Girl Who Was Death (1968) TV episode
- Living in Harmony (1968) TV episode
Writer:
- Return of the Ewok (1982) (V) (writer)
- "UFO" (3 episodes, 1970-1973)
- The Long Sleep (1973) TV episode (writer)
- Reflections in the Water (1971) TV episode (writer)
- The Cat with Ten Lives (1970) TV episode (writer) - Invasion: UFO (1972) (writer)
- "The Prisoner" (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
- The Girl Who Was Death (1968) TV episode (idea)
- Living in Harmony (1968) TV episode (story) (written by)
- Arrival (1967) TV episode (written by)
Thanks:
- Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion (2000) (TV) (thanks)
- Haunted Honeymoon (1986) (thanks)
Self:
- Return of the Ewok (1982) (V) .... Himself
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